George Dawson (preacher)
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George Dawson was an English nonconformist preacher, lecturer and activist. He was an influential voice in the calls for radical political and social reform in Birmingham, a philosophy that became kno
George Dawson
An engraving of Dawson, c.1852
The Unitarian Church of the Saviour in Edward Street, Birmingham (1847–1895)
Bust of Dawson in the Library of Birmingham
Civic Gospel
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The Civic Gospel was a philosophy of municipal activism and improvement that emerged in Birmingham, England, in the mid-19th century. Tracing its origins to the teaching of independent nonconformist p
George Dawson (preacher)
…and activist. He was an influential voice in the calls for radical political and social reform in Birmingham, a philosophy that became known as the Civic Gospel. Dawson was born in Brunswick Square, London, in 1821. His father was headmaster of a Baptist school. He was educated at home, then at Marischal College…
Birmingham in 1886, at the height of its civic renaissance, showing the Council House, Town Hall and Chamberlain Memorial